Narrow fabric



May 14, 1940. B. J. GOLDSMITH 2,200,882

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Patented May 1 4, 1940 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NARROW FABRICBertram J. Goldsmith, Neshanic, N. J.

Application May 24, 1938, Serial No. 209,718

' 4 Claims. (01. 139 -38 1) This invention relates to narrow fabricssuch material. As here shown, said blanket is proas edging strips,ribbons or tapes, and is intended vided at the head and foot endsthereof with primarily for use as edge bindings and trimmings e g ng psll o the present invention, d for blankets and similar articles,although said str ps being folded v r t marginal d e p narrow fabricsare not limited to such uses. The tions of said ends of the blanket. Thebinding 5 invention is also concerned with blankets and 'meilel'ial y beof y Suitable Width he e similar articles provided with such edging or y"60 pe t e me 130 be de over e ed e binding Strips. portions of theblanket at both sides thereof. One object of the invention is to providean Said binding material is in the form of woven .edge binding ortrimming stripwhich may be at strips of any suitable fabric, such assilk, rayon l tached to the blanket or other article by conr o h r m r ln as clearly. wn n F 2 oealed lin of titching. and 3 of the drawing, hasdivided or splayed side Another object of the invention is to provide gep r I4 which ex n p rably for the a blanket or similar article with abinding or full gth of S d binding ps- Sp ayed por- 5 trimming strip ofnarrow fabric which, in addib10113 e p eferably formed inte h t e tionto its function as a binding strip, also immain y portion 0f the bindingStrip in proves th appearance of th m k t and d the weaving of thelatter. As clearly shown in to the length or width thereof, or both tothe the drawing body portion it is substantially wider length and widththereof, when the strip is atn m r in l edge portions M.

tached to the ends or to the sides, or both to the As here s w one ofthe parts of each end and side edges of the blanket, as the case pl shedp rti n I4 is somewhat wider than its may be, companion part 28 so thatwhen the binding strip It is also an object of the invention generally sfolded r the d e po of the blanket to provide improved edge bindings oredging and stitched in position, parts it! extend somestrips whereby toimprove the appearance of the What beyond the ed of pe 29 for Covering25 blankets or other articles to which such edging r the latter and itwill be understood that when binding strips are attached. the bindingstrips are attached to the blanket The above objects of the inventionand other the strips are folded so that the wider parts is objects whichmight hereinafter appear will be of t e p yed portions are disposedoutermost fully understood from the following description andcverlieparts "2t at both sides of the blanket. 30 considered inconnection with the accompanY- e Outer edges of p rts and 25 areSell/edge ing drawing. edges. Said strips are each secured in positionIn the drawing: by one or more lines of stitching, here shown as Fig. 1is a perspective view of a blanket proone line of St tc which p s ouvided with edging strips of the present invention; both parts 2b of eachstrip and t u the N Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 ofblanket but does not pass through outermost parts Fig. 1; l8 of thesplayed portions of said strips. Stitch- Fig. 2a is a view similar toFig. 2 showing a ing '22 is therefore concealed from view wherebymodification; the blanket has a neater and more attractive ap- Fig. 3 isa fragmentary perspective View of pearance than is the case withblankets in which one of the edging or binding strips embodying eventional binding S rips are attached to the 40 th present invention;blanket by lines of stitching which pass through Fig. 4 is a Viewsimilar to Fig. 1 showing anthe binding strips and are exposed to Viewon the th form of th i ention; outer surfaces of said strips. Asillustrated in Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5" of F g. 6 ede d s of the et may also be 45 Fi 4; provided with bindings 12 of thepresent inven- Fig. 6 is a plan View of a blanket showing bindtion. Itwill be understood that the binding ing strips attached to the fouredges thereof; strip may have only one divided marginal edge Fig. '7 isa fragmentary perspective view of a portion instead of two. Thus, asillustrated in woven fabric from which bindings may be made Fig. 2a,strip I20), which in other respects is the 50 in accordance with anotherform of the inven-. same as strip l2, has as here shown only one tion.splayed edge portion I la constituted by divided Referring now to thedrawing in detail, the parts I8a and 2011. In this case, the stitchingblanket indicated generally by the reference nupasses only through part28a, through the blanket meral 10, may be made of any suitable blanketand through the oth e portion of the S p 5:;

the latter being on the inner side of the blanket. The edge of the'stripl2a opposite splayed portion M0. is preferably a selvedge edge.

As hereinbefore stated, it is also an object of thepresent invention torovide binding or edging strips which in addition to their normalfunctions of binding the edges of the blanket, also add to the width orlength thereof whereby less blanket material may be used for a blanketof the same overall size. Pursuant to this object of the invention,there is provided, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing,binding or edging strips 24 which are secured to the edges of the 1blanket 2t and which project outwardly therefrom in such manner as toadd to the length of the blanket. It will be understood that similarstrips may be attached to the side edges of the blanket for increasingthe. overall .width of the blanket or for reducing the width of theblanket material 26 for the same overall width of the blanket. Strip 24is preferably woven of any suitable material and, as here shown,comprises an outer body portion 28 and an integral inner divided orsplayed portion 36 constituted by separable parts 32 Woven integral withpart 28. As clearly shown in Fig. 5, body portion 28 is substantiallywider than marginal edge portion 38.

Said binding 24 is finished as a double-face binding, and parts 32 maybe of any suitable thickness. For example, the combined thickness ofparts 32 may be the same as the thickness of the part 28 or may have athickness which is greater or less than the thickness of part 28.Divided portion JG is secured to the marginal edge portion of the blankproper by one or more lines of stitching, here shown as one line ofstitching 34. Strips 24 may vary in width, although ordinarily thepreferred width is from one inch to two and a half inches. Parts 28 and32 preferably have selvedge edges.

In accordance with another form of the present invention, the bindingstrips, instead of being woven initially in narrow fabric form, may bewoven in a relatively wide fabric and subsequently reduced to thebinding or narrow fabric widths. Thus as illustrated in Fig. 7, there isprovided a relatively wide fabric 40 having spaced intermediate widths42 and end widths 44 woven integrally with tubular portions 46. Fabric40 can. be readily formed into bindings or edging strips similartostrips I2 and 24 by cutting said fabric along longitudinally extendinglines medially of the tubular portions 46, the lines of cutting beingindicated by the dotted lines 48. Fabric .40, like the narrow fabricswoven into the bindings l2, 12a. and 24, may be made of any suitablematerials, such as, for example, silk, artificial silk or rayon, cotton,etc. The ends 44 of fabric 46 may be woven with selvedge edges. It willbe understood that the tubular portions 46 as well as the end portions44 and 42 may vary in width, and further that in the same woven fabricsaid portions 42,44, and 46 may be of different widths.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodiedotherwise than as here shown. Accordingly, I do not wish to be limitedprecisely to the forms of the invention herein shown or described, or toany one of them, except asmay be required by the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A narrow fabric of the class described comand a longitudinallyextending marginal edge portion comprising two superposed thicknessesunited at their inner edges with the body portion and separate from eachother at their outer portions, one of said-thicknesses being wider'thanthe other.

2. A narrow fabric of the class described comprising a length of fabrichaving a body portion and a longitudinally extending marginal, edgeportion comprising two superposed thicknesses woven integrally andunited at their inner edges. with the body portion and separate fromeach from each other at their outer portions, said body portion of theedging strip being folded over said edge portion of the blanket and theopposite divided marginal edge portions of said strip positioned atopposite sides of said blanket, and stitching for securing said strip tothe blanket passing through the latter and through the inner thicknessonly of said marginal edge Portions.

4. A blanket or similar article having attached to an edge portionthereof a fabric edging strip comprising a longitudinally extending bodypor- I tion of single thickness and an integrally woven and unitedsection of two thicknesses extending longitudinally of said bodyportion, said body 1 I prising a length of fabric having a body portionportion being folded over the edge portion of said blanket at both sidesof the latter with said section oftwo thicknesses disposed at one sideof 4 the blankets and a line of stitching passed through the innerthicknesses only of said section for securing the edging strip to theblanket, the outer thickness of said stitched marginal part overlyingand concealing the said stitching.

BERTRAM J. GOLDSMITH.

